全过程人民民主是一个全新的理念，是独具中国特色的新型民主形态，是中国共产党领导人民在长期的民主探索中逐渐形成和完善的。本书以作者多年来对民主理论的扎实研究为基奠，在书稿中呈现了中国的民主制度逐渐完善直至实现全过程人民民主的过程，并对全过程人民民主的内涵、制度建设、实践案例、发展方向等给予了全方位阐释。同时，作者基于中西方国情和历史文化的差异，揭示中国式民主的必然选择和历史逻辑。

当前，中国正朝着全面建成社会主义现代化强国、实现第二个百年奋斗目标迈进。民主政治制度将如何进一步发展完善？党的二十大报告中，对于发展全过程人民民主、保障人民当家作主，从加强人民当家作主制度保障、全面发展协商民主、积极发展基层民主、巩固和发展最广泛的爱国统一战线等四个方面作出部署，为进一步发展全过程人民民主指明了方向。全过程人民民主，既有鲜明的中国特色，也体现全人类共同价值，本书用通俗流畅的文字和丰富的案例，从制度的保障、协商民主特色、基层民主发展等角度，立体讲述中国如何发展全过程人民民主，并在中西比较中给出令人信服的解答。

Chapter I
The Bali Meeting between Chinese and U.S. Presidents
Xi Jinping’s Talk of Chinese-Style Democracy in the Bali Meeting 2
Similarities and Differences: Democracy Does Not Equal Western Democracy 11
Behind the “Veil”: Is Western Democracy Perfect? 17
A Democratic Approach to Democratic Institutions of Different Countries 22
Chapter II
The Origin and Introduction of the Concept –Whole-Process People’s Democracy
The 2019 Visit to Shanghai and the Framing of the Key Concept – Whole-Process People’s Democracy 30
The 2021 Central People’s Congress Work Conference and Theoretical Innovation Regarding Whole-Process People’s Democracy 42
The Explorations for Whole-Process People’s Democracy with the Formation of China’s Political Party System as the Historical Starting Point 51
Chapter III
What Is Whole-Process People’s Democracy?
Defining Feature of Socialist Democracy 79
Democracy That Covers All Aspects of the Democratic Process and All Sectors of Society 83
Democracy in Its Broadest, Most Genuine, and Most Effective Form 91
Chapter IV
To Have Public Issues Discussed by All Those Involved Is the Essence of People’s Democracy
Two Forms of Democracy Unmatched by Western-Style Democracy 103
Consultative Democracy as a Special feature of Democracy in China 109
Extensive, Multilevel, and Institutionalized Development of Consultative Democracy 116
Chapter V
Promote Chinese-Style Modernization in Whole-Process People’s Democracy
Chinese-Style Modernization and Chinese-Style Democracy 142
Unleash the Tremendous Creativity of the Chinese People in Their Hundreds of Millions 151
Meet the People’s Aspirations for a Better Life 157
Afterword 163